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World Trade Organization: Rules of Conduct for the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Concerning the Settlement of Disputes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Each person covered by these Rules (as defined in paragraph 1 of Section IV below and hereinafter called “covered person”) shall be independent and impartial, shall avoid direct or indirect conflicts of interest and shall respect the confidentiality of proceedings of bodies pursuant to the dispute settlement mechanism, so that through the observance of such standards of conduct the integrity and impartiality of that mechanism are preserved. These Rules shall in no way modify the rights and obligations of Members under the DSU nor the rules and procedures therein.

Type
Legislation and Regulations
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 477 - 485
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1997

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References

* Reproduced from WTO Document WT/DSB/RC/1, December 11, 1996. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body adopted the Rules on December 3, 1997.

[The WTO Agreement, done at Marrakesh, April 15, 1994, with an Introductory Note by Amelia Porges that includes a discussion of WTO dispute settlement procedures, appears at 33 I.L.M. 1125 (1994); the WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, April 15, 1994, appears at 33 I.L.M. 1226; and the WTO Working Procedures for Appellate Review, February 15, 1996, appear at 35 I.L.M. 495 (1996).]